Comparative Politics Midterm Study Guide Fall 2024 PDF

**Instructions for taking exam:** - - - **RESPONDUS LOCKDOWN BROWSER:** Additionally, to take the test, **[all students must use Respondus Lockdown]**. This is a browser that you download in advance and that is integrated into Canvas. Many DU courses use this on exams, because it prevents...

**Instructions for taking exam:** - - - **RESPONDUS LOCKDOWN BROWSER:** Additionally, to take the test, **[all students must use Respondus Lockdown]**. This is a browser that you download in advance and that is integrated into Canvas. Many DU courses use this on exams, because it prevents students from opening other browsers while you're taking a test. Note: There is a 'practice' quiz where you can test the browser before our midterm posted under the module for Week 5. **[Note: There is no other way to take this test.]** - **Content on the Exam:** 1. 2. a. b. 3. **Studying Country Cases** - - - ---\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-- **Key concepts and terms to study** \[Presented in *roughly* the order in which they arose in our class. Be able to identify definition and key facts/connections to cases.\] - - - - - **Democracies**: - - - - - - - - - **Democratic Institutional Design**: All democracies are different, like snowflakes. There is no one size fits all "institutional design" for democracies. That said, most have rule of law laid out in constitutions and specify the following: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **[THEORIES of DEMOCRATIZATION: ]** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Other key terms and concepts from Ch 7:** - - - - - - - - --- *And as noted earlier, there will be two questions on the exam related to our in-class discussion of Prospero. You will need to be able to:* c. d. i. ii. iii.